muhoin.

Brit.

/muːˈhɔɪ/, U.S.

/muˈhɔɪ/, East African English

/muˈhoi/

Origin: A borrowing from Kikuyu. Etymon: Kikuyu mũhoi.

Etymology: < Kikuyu mũhoi < mũ- , singular class prefix denoting a person and forming agent nouns + -hoi supplicant, tenant at will < -hoya to ask for, to beg, here with specific reference to the phrase -hoya wako to apply for a wako , i.e. a piece of land on which to build and settle. Compare ahoi n.The Kikuyu plural form is ahoi (see ahoi n.); consequently, ahoi n. is also used as the plural of muhoi n. in English.

East African.

A person who has been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; a tenant at will. Cf. ahoi n. (the usual plural form).

ΚΠ

1932 Ld. Oliver in Hansard Lords 23 Mar. 1006 In early days,..a Muhoi could generally, when he was rich enough, manage to find a willing seller.

1977 Ngu˜gi˜ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood iii. 47 She was a muhoi on my father's land and we always thought of her as inseparable from the land.

2015 Kwani? 8 459 [He was] derided for being a landless muhoi of undistinguished lineage..before his meteoric rise to the newly minted position of paramount chief.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	muhoi
释义	muhoin. Brit. /muːˈhɔɪ/, U.S. /muˈhɔɪ/, East African English /muˈhoi/ Origin: A borrowing from Kikuyu. Etymon: Kikuyu mũhoi. Etymology: < Kikuyu mũhoi < mũ- , singular class prefix denoting a person and forming agent nouns + -hoi supplicant, tenant at will < -hoya to ask for, to beg, here with specific reference to the phrase -hoya wako to apply for a wako , i.e. a piece of land on which to build and settle. Compare ahoi n.The Kikuyu plural form is ahoi (see ahoi n.); consequently, ahoi n. is also used as the plural of muhoi n. in English. East African. A person who has been given the right to cultivate a plot of land without payment; a tenant at will. Cf. ahoi n. (the usual plural form). ΚΠ 1932 Ld. Oliver in Hansard Lords 23 Mar. 1006 In early days,..a Muhoi could generally, when he was rich enough, manage to find a willing seller. 1977 Ngu˜gi˜ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood iii. 47 She was a muhoi on my father's land and we always thought of her as inseparable from the land. 2015 Kwani? 8 459 [He was] derided for being a landless muhoi of undistinguished lineage..before his meteoric rise to the newly minted position of paramount chief. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1932
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